Moderna's stock price soared last week after the release of promising news about an experimental melanoma treatment using an mRNA-based cancer vaccine that the Cambridge company is working on with Merck. Two local cancer researchers explain how the treatment works and how it could mean for their field.

Dolly Parton died Tuesday at age 80.

The impact of terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, still reverberate today.

Fat Marmot Week is a competition that allows you to vote for the fattest, most rotund marmot.

One in four white collar workers are stalled in their careers without a raise or a promotion in five years or more.

Some companies are providing refunds, while others decline.

Music has the power to take you back to one specific day to one special moment.

Researchers have found that nearly half of autistic children are prone to wandering.

President Trump announced that the U.S. will go after countries that support Iran economically.

Earlier this week, President Trump held the first IndyCar race in Washington, D.C. But the event is not without precedent.

A Tennessee obstetrician published a study that found naltrexone to be effective in helping pregnant patients stay off drugs. Auditors and addiction specialists found that his research had serious flaws.

The classic combat sport is making a major resurgence in the U.S.

As the number of data centers across the U.S. continues to increase, so does public opposition to them.

Tuesday is the remembrance day for what the U.S. government calls a “genocidal” campaign against the ethnic Rohingya people in Myanmar.

The outage is adding to concerns from some residents of Hobart, Indiana, about a planned Amazon data center that would rely on power from the local utility company.

The Supreme Court did not weigh in on the legality of the order, and other legal complications may prevent its implementation.

Researchers at Martha's Vineyard Hospital hope to learn how alpha-gal syndrome develops after someone is bitten by a lone star tick. The study will examine over 300 residents from the island over the course of two years.

Massachusetts has released model policies and procedures to help school districts handle situations that involve immigration enforcement at schools and childcare centers.

The MBTA is putting $140 million in federal grant money into a project that will add a second track and higher-level platforms to the Haverhill commuter rail line.

Amanda McGonigle operates the @catsonacouch social media account, which she created after Vance's comment about childless cat ladies. She was denied entry to his event in Maine last spring by Secret Service agents she claims told her “we know where you stand.”

Vance's speech — his second in Maine this year — came as congressional Republicans brace for a potentially bruising midterm election that could end their full control of the federal government after two years.

After nearly a month of testimony, jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial are set to hear from the final witnesses in a case that has largely been about her mental state when she strangled her three young children.

Five fires continue to burn in the Boundary Waters region of northern Minnesota. Firefighters from Massachusetts will head to the area for about two weeks to fight the blazes.

From Scottish fiddler Louise Bichan's album of Halloween music to singer-songwriter Kimaya Diggs' new album of jazz-inspire folk, WBUR music writer Noah Schaffer shares new music from local artists that brings plenty of color this autumn.

The state's biopharma industry shrank for the first time in the more than two decades MassBio has tracked this data, with around 3,600 roles cut in 2025. Venture capital funding is up 25% compared to last year.

Two people in Massachusetts have contracted the West Nile virus that's typically spread through bites from infected mosquitoes, according to state public health officials.

Police in Worcester said they have found the body of Karen Solomon, who was wanted in connection to the death of her husband, Kurt Solomon.

James Spooner grew up as a punk rocker with a mohawk. But as a mixed-race kid, he didn’t always feel like he belonged. Then, he found Afro-punk -- and pushed it into the spotlight.

The Board of Higher Education unanimously approved Senior Deputy Commissioner José Luis Santos for the interim commissioner job at a special meeting Monday. Santos' appointment follows Commissioner Noe Ortega's announcement earlier this month that he would step down to move closer to family.

The measure split Republicans and could have major implications for school choice programs across the country.